Honors College

heybucs
Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:39:22 +0000

In response to an earlier post… (I stole this from another board so that’s why the format is as it is)

Decision: [Accepted]

Stats:


SAT: [2230: 800 M, 740 CR, 690 W]
SAT IIs: [800 Math II, 770 Physics, 710 Chem]
ACT: 35
GPA: [3.66 UW]
Rank: [Top 10%]
Other stats: [Soph: AP Calc 5, Jun.: AP Phys B 5 and AP Chem 5]


Subjective:


Essays: [pretty good! I wrote it last minute (sent off the app the night of 11/1) but it basically took the hook (see below) and talked about how I can adapt to strange environments, motivate myself to work, learn from mistakes, other nice skills to have in college]
Teacher Recs: [I didn’t see them, small high school so I had one teacher two years and another all four years of high school, so very personal and I assume very good]
Counselor Rec: [Probably solid, nothing outstanding]
Hook (if any): [took math class at high school as 8th grader, did Stanford EPGY distance learning past two years]


Location/Person:


State or Country: [Massachusetts]
School Type: [public]
Ethnicity: [Caucasian]
Gender: [male]


*Extracurriculars:[Math team once a month and a little volunteering with church, but nothing significant. I really thought this would kill me, but I don’t think it ended up being rather not important]

*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: [I love college]